Tiger Woods and Ernie Els named 2019 Presidents Cup captains

By Ali Stafford

Tiger Woods and Ernie Els have been named as the Presidents Cup captains for the 2019 contest in Australia

Tiger Woods and Ernie Els have been named as the Presidents Cup captains for the 2019 contest in Australia

Tiger Woods and Ernie Els have been named as the Presidents Cup captains for the 2019 contest in Australia.

Woods will take charge of Team USA at Royal Melbourne Golf Club from December 9-15, while Els skippers the International side at the venue where they claimed their only Presidents Cup victory in 1998.

The pair have both made eight Presidents Cup appearances as players and acted as assistant captain's to Steve Stricker and Nick Price in 2017, where Team USA won 19-11 in New Jersey.

The two players have won 18 major titles between them

"This is a huge honour for me," Woods said on Tuesday ahead of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. "This is something I've always wanted to do, I've always wanted to be a captain, and I'm very fortunate to have been given this opportunity."